
Food and meat hygiene
The ZVL provides information on the central consumer law provision in Section 40 of the German Food and Feed Code (LFGB) and has also compiled forms and information sheets on handling food.
§ Section 40 of the German Food and Feed Code (LFGB)
The transparency of government action and access to information serve to support consumers in making their own decisions on the market. Section 40 para. 1a LFGB also pursues this goal.
According to this, the authorities must inform the public if a food business operator has violated regulations that serve to comply with hygiene requirements or to protect consumers from health hazards or deception to a more than insignificant extent or repeatedly, and the imposition of a fine of a certain amount is to be expected. The infringement must be sufficiently justified on the basis of facts to the satisfaction of the authority.
Basis: Food and Feed Code in the version published on 03.06.2013 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 1426), which was last amended by Article 1 of the Act of 30.06.2017 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 2147).
Consumer goods and cosmetics
- Consumer goods with food contact (PDF, 114.6 KB)
- Consumer goods and equipment (PDF, 79.07 KB)
- Cosmetics manufacturer (PDF, 111.3 KB)
- FAQ online trade with cosmetics (PDF, 238.57 KB)
- Beekeeping products except honey (PDF, 78.26 KB)
Meat hygiene and slaughtering
- Home slaughter (PDF, 75.08 KB)
- Slaughter of small quantities of poultry and hares (PDF, 81.06 KB)
- Trichinella and trichinellosis (PDF, 84.49 KB)
- Specified risk materials - home slaughtering (PDF, 54.51 KB)
- Animal welfare Slaughter of fish (PDF, 82.89 KB)
- Inability to transport livestock (PDF, 55.72 KB)
- Emergency slaughter (PDF, 61.36 KB)
- Sacrifice festival information for companies (PDF, 112.32 KB)
- Sacrifice festival information for Muslims-German and Turkish (PDF, 173.52 KB)
Registration forms
- Notification form for food business operators (PDF, 55.24 KB)
- Notification form hunters game marketing (PDF, 73.92 KB)
- FAQ Registration of food business operators (PDF, 244.02 KB)
- Notification form for food contact materials and articles (PDF, 145.3 KB)
- Consumer goods with food contact (PDF, 114.69 KB)
Restaurants Snack Kitchen
- Food outlets (PDF, 63.64 KB)
- Flushing machine requirement (PDF, 54.57 KB)
- Childminders (PDF, 74.73 KB)
- Buffet party service (PDF, 60.31 KB)
- Kebab hygiene and labeling (PDF, 85.61 KB)
- Kebab and vegetarian kebab (PDF, 77.54 KB)
- Imitation ham and cheese (PDF, 83.24 KB)
- Restaurants with sausage production (PDF, 78.77 KB)
- Dispensing systems (PDF, 58.72 KB)
- Handling food in the household (PDF, 75.07 KB)
- Proper frying (PDF, 82.74 KB)
Hunters and game
- Placing game on the market (PDF, 175.96 KB)
- Accidental game (PDF, 76.78 KB)
- Trichinella and trichinellosis (PDF, 84.49 KB)
- Trichinella sampling by the hunter (PDF, 98.07 KB)
- Info sheet PFAS (PDF, 81.35 KB)
foodborne diseases
- foodborne diseases (PDF, 104.18 KB)
- Campylobacter (PDF, 70.3 KB)
- EHEC (PDF, 72.41 KB)
- Hepatitis E (PDF, 58.65 KB)
- Listeria (PDF, 81.13 KB)
- Salmonella (PDF, 75.99 KB)
- Histamine (PDF, 52.46 KB)
- Nitrosamines and nitrite curing salt (PDF, 59.14 KB)
Markets, festivals and events
- Food hygiene at events (PDF, 78.62 KB)
- Food hygiene checklist for events (PDF, 56.09 KB)
- Volunteer helpers at public festivals and events (PDF, 78.08 KB)
- Street sales (PDF, 53.54 KB)
- Roasting stand (PDF, 74.5 KB)
- Cake bazaars and fundraising campaigns (PDF, 72.29 KB)
- Handling drinking water at markets (PDF, 54.5 KB)
- Jams (PDF, 79.13 KB)
- Food hygiene requirements for mobile establishments (PDF, 68.88 KB)
Water
- Handling drinking water at markets (PDF, 55.55 KB)
- Information sheet for operators of water dispensers (PDF, 93.08 KB)
Import of foodstuffs
- Import of private foodstuffs (PDF, 77.52 KB)
- Import conditions Germany (PDF, 229.06 KB)
- Import conditions EU (PDF, 215.3 KB)
good manufacturing practice
- Direct marketing of eggs (PDF, 72.47 KB)
- Direct marketing of cheese (PDF, 82.28 KB)
- Hygiene regulations for honey (PDF, 85.65 KB)
- Beekeeping products except honey (PDF, 78.26 KB)
- Liqueur production (PDF, 79.33 KB)
- Wild herbs and fruits (PDF, 134.34 KB)
- Hemp and other novel foods - Novel Food (PDF, 129.52 KB)
Food
- Food transportation (PDF, 76.97 KB)
- Notification obligations of the food business operator (PDF, 77.62 KB)
- Sale of baked goods for self-service (PDF, 75.58 KB)
Documentation templates
- Temperature documentation (PDF, 61.45 KB)
- Labeling Additives Allergens Snacks (PDF, 180.34 KB)